Through a small incision, a camera was placed under the skin and the abnormal bone bridge across the suture, which was the cause of the suture fusion, was carefully removed. Some of the surgeries were less than one-hour long period, some children went home after surgery, some children stayed overnight and rarely a child stays two nights in the hospital. Videos of the procedure, performed by Dr. Mazzola, can be accessed through our
video library.
Dr. Catherine Mazzola did the first minimally invasive endoscopic strip craniectomy surgery in New Jersey in 2005. That procedure was first done only at Morristown Medical Center, and then she started doing this procedure at Hackensack Medical Center. Dr. Mazzola started the pediatric craniofacial center at Morristown and then later developed the New Jersey Craniofacial Center Team in Morristown.
